egyptian art. ancient egypt: gift of the nile the palette of king narmer, c. 3100-3000 bce, slate
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Egyptian Art
Ancient EGYPT:Gift of the Nile
The Palette of King Narmer, c. 3100-3000 BCE, slate
Early Dynastic –3100 BCE Palette of Narmer
Old Kingdom— 2700 – 2200 BCEStep Pyramid of Djosher
Pyramids of GizaSphinx
Statue of Menkaure and QueenSeated Scribe (Kai?)
Ti Watching Hippo HuntMiddle Kingdom - 2000
unification of Lower and Upper Egypt/
hierarchical proportion/ Horus (a human-armed falcon), Seth, Osiris, and
Isis
other representations of the king/ Hathor/ ceremonial use of a
utilitarian object
Attention to Appearance
The Creation of the Heaven and the Earth, Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtasheru, c. 1025 BCE
Egyptian Gods
Imhotep. The
Stepped Pyramid of King Djoser
(Zoser), c. 2675-
2625 BCE, Saqqara
King Djosher False Door
Top: Ba bird from the Valley
of the Kings, tomb of
Tutankhamun, c. 1325 BCE
Bottom:Scarab pendant from
the Valley of the Kings, tomb of Tutankhamun,
c. 1325 BCE
Egyptian gylphs symbolizing (left to right) life (the ankh), stability (the djed pillar), beauty, joy,
and protection
the ka and the ba/ mummification and canopic jars/ scarabs and other amulets
mastaba and serdab/ necropolis/ stepped pyramid
first known instance of using columns in recorded history- Imhotep/ sed rituals and the
priesthood
The Great Pyramids at Gizeh, 2600=2475 BCE
ben-ben (compare with ziggurat)/Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure/ Re/ celestial
orientation
theories on the construction/ tiny interior
spaces
Seated statue of Hemiunu (Gizeh) c. 2580 BCE, painted limestone
The Great Sphinx (Gizeh), c. 2575-2525 BCE, sandstone
image of absolute kingship/ eternal guardian (tutelary)/ association of the nose with the life force
Khafre (Gizeh), c. 2575-2525 BCE, diorite
permanence of material/ intertwined lotus and
papyrus/ Old Kingdom kilt/ canon of ideal proportions/ “block-like” characteristics/
subtractive method of carving
Menkaure and Khamerernebty (Gizeh), c. 2490-2472 BCE, slate
Triad of Menkaure with the goddess Hathor and the personifcation of the 7th Upper Egyptian nome
(Gizeh), c. 2460 BCE, slate
Left: Bust of the vizier Ankh-haf (Gizeh), c. 2500 BCE, painted limestone
Right: Prince Rahotep and his wife Nofret (Maidum),
c. 2570 BCE, painted limestone
Seated scribe (Saqqara), c.2450-2350 BCE, painted
limestone
use of increased realism in
subordinate figures/ accounts by Herodotus
Ka-Aper (Saqqara), c. 2450-2350 BCE, wood
The Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE, basalt
Relief of Hesire (Saqqara), c. 2675-2625 BCE, wood
hieroglyphics and the Rosetta Stone/ Jean-Francois Champollion/ conceptual vs. optical approach/ twisting perspective and the use
of a grid
Ti Watching a Hippopotamus hunt, relief in
the mastaba of Ti (Saqqara), c. 2450-2350 BCE, painted
limestone
False door from the tomb of Iyka
(Saqqara) c. 2450 BCE, wood
Rock cut Tombs (Beni
Hasan), c. 2000-1900
BCE
constant threats to
power
greater focus of interior of tombs/ sarcophagi/ fluted columns and a
portico
Left: Relief depicting Amun receiving Sesostris IRight: The “White Chapel” of Sesostris I (Karnak),
c. 1925 BCE, limestone (where the relief is found)
Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re in the White
Chapel at Karnak, Thebes,
c.1930 BCE, limestone
Senwosret I led
Why is there a PREDYNASTIC and an EARLY DYNASTIC period to Egyptian History, instead of just Old, Middle & New?
Why is the southern part of Egypt referred to as "Upper Egypt", and vice versa?
Who was Imhotep, and what made him so special?
Explain the similarities and differences between the ziggurat of Saqqara versus those in Mesopotamia.
How did the Egyptians' belief in afterlife affect the creation of the pyramids?
Egyptian architectural history seems preoccupied with tombs and burial. What are the chief concerns of Mesopotamian architecture?
Looking at the statues of Khafra and Menkaure, describe what the ideal Old Kingdom Ruler should look like.
What made Amenhotep IV's (New Dynasty) religion so different than anything before it?